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Dr. Orhan Agirdag is a Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), with affiliations at Ghent University’s Sociology Department and KU Leuven. His research focuses on educational inequality, multilingualism, and the experiences of racialized and ethnic minority students. He has contributed extensively to understanding how school segregation, language policies, and teacher beliefs impact academic outcomes, particularly in Flanders and Southwest China.
- Key Research Areas: Educational Equity, Multilingual Pedagogy, School Diversity Models, Family Language Policy, and Critical Race Theory in Education.
His recent work highlights trends in addressing educational disparities through domain-specific diversity frameworks and critiques deficit-oriented approaches in multicultural education. He has served on the Wetenschappelijke Curriculumcommissie (Scientific Curriculum Committee) in Belgium and authored influential opinion pieces in media outlets like De Standaard and De Morgen.
Agirdag’s academic contributions include 15+ peer-reviewed articles, 5 edited books, and over 20 book chapters. He has supervised projects like the Validiv initiative, which operationalized multilingual strategies in primary education, and remains a vocal advocate for equitable educational practices.
